Its kind of a distraction because we already have cheap energy. Nuclear power, fusion, etc. is only going to make a marginal difference. Afaik over 90% of the price people pay for electricity is the cost of the grid to distribute it and taxes

so after 10,000 years of consistent energy innovations that led us to coal, you’re suggesting that we’ve arrived at the holy grail and should stop energy innovation altogether?

We dont need a more powerful energy source we can already develop dirt cheap electricity with coal. Its the transportation of the energy that is expensive + the government put big taxes on it as well driving up the cost